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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » House Centipedes (Scutigeromorpha) » Scutigeridae » Scutigera » House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)
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Unknown Centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata
Copyright © 2008 John Arthur

Unknown Centipede - Scutigera coleoptrata
Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
February 24, 2008
Size: 1.5" approximately
Found trying to escape our kitchen sink. So, I guess that this could be including the proverbial kitchen sink.
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Contributed by John Arthur on 25 February, 2008 - 10:02am
Last updated 25 February, 2008 - 4:01pm

Scutigera coleoptrata
I'm no expert, but it looks like a house centipede.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 February, 2008 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

 
when you see them how do you
when you see them how do you kill them and not by doing it one by one i mean to just get rid of all of them
… cinthia hutchins, 11 April, 2012 - 12:45am login or register to post comments

Scutigera coleoptrata
(Whoops--didn't mean to reply twice. I guess there's no way to delete this.)
… Charley Eiseman, 25 February, 2008 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
This is a pretty unmistakable arthropod, in any location:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 February, 2008 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

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